"I estimate that even a hundred-year-old turtle shell cannot be used to make a few fan bones."
oh?
Centennial turtle?
"Secondly," Xu Wenxuan continued to introduce: "Dear friends, please take a look at this carving."
I saw that the fan bones of the tortoise shell were carefully carved with many patterns, including ancient ladies, flying cranes, blooming flowers, etc. The characters, animals, and flowers were all lifelike. I heard Xu Wenxuan say: "The carving alone is worth a lot of money. What's more, the fan bone is made of the tortoise shell of a century-old turtle?"
"Besides, this is a treasure from the late Qing Dynasty."
Not bad indeed.
"Okay," Xu Wenxuan said loudly: "The second antique, a tortoise shell folding fan from the late Qing Dynasty, has started to be auctioned."
"The starting price is 300,000 yuan. Each price increase shall not be less than 10,000 yuan."
Suddenly, there was another fierce competition.
However, Uncle Li Xiong still did not take action. In fact, for many treasure lovers, being able to take a look at rare antiques makes them very happy. Uncle Li Xiong mainly wanted to watch the fun this time. After all, the Li family had just suffered heavy losses.
Just don’t buy it?
It’s not a bad idea to look at these rare antiques and gain some insights.
It was just for fun.
Baoyou circle.
"I like it but I don't have to take it. Look, it's too hidden."
Then, the auction auctioned five or six antiques in a row, including snuff bottles from the late Qing Dynasty, jades from the Ming Dynasty, ancient paintings from the Yuan Dynasty, etc., each time arousing fierce competition. Uncle Li Xiong, on the other hand, took a magnifying glass and looked at the auction items again and again, but did not take action.
But right now.
"Okay, now is the eighth auction item, a porcelain statue of Guanyin from the Qing Dynasty!" Xu Wenxuan said loudly.
He was very excited because the prices sold today were very good, and his commission was also quite large.
But this time, the auction encountered an unprecedented cold start. Because the porcelain statue in front of me is rough in texture and vague in shape, it looks like it was produced by a [private kiln]. Moreover, it belongs to the lowest quality in folk kilns. Ancient porcelain can be divided into official kilns and private kilns. Products from official kilns were supplied to the imperial court. The products produced by private kilns are naturally purchased by the private sector.
What is in front of me should be an ordinary folk kiln porcelain.
Not only is the texture rough, but the glaze has been peeled off in some places.
In short, it looks very ordinary. Not to mention Baoyou, even ordinary people will know that this porcelain is really ordinary at a glance.
"Ahem," Xu Wenxuan was also puzzled, but this was a prodigal who entrusted them to auction it at the auction. The prodigal son said that this was the porcelain that his deceased father had bought with a lot of money. But no matter how you look at it now, they are all produced by ordinary folk kilns. How is this going? The prodigal’s father once spent a lot of money on a purchase?
If it weren't for the prodigal son who had already sold many high-quality products at the auction, Xu Wenxuan would not have taken out this ordinary porcelain statue.
"Ahem," Xu Wenxuan could only introduce: "A porcelain statue of Guanyin was given as a gift from a private kiln in the Qing Dynasty. The starting price is:"
"10,000 yuan."
"Each price increase shall not be less than 1,000 yuan."
However, the entire venue was silent. Everyone picked up their teacups to drink tea, but no one made a bid.
"I just said no," Xu Wenxuan whispered awkwardly: "They must auction this porcelain statue. Isn't that embarrassing?"
Unsuccessful auction?
Sure enough, someone in the audience already said:
"Xiao Xu, this piece of porcelain is too bad."
"That's right."
"Such low-quality products from private kilns in the late Qing Dynasty are also put up for auction?"
"Who do you think we are?"
"Sending beggars away."
"That's it, let's auction the next one quickly."
"No one here wants this kind of thing."
"It's not embarrassing enough to play with this kind of thing."
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crucial moment.
Xiao Fan's eyes flashed, and he said in his heart: "Oh? Interesting." He activated the power of his soul and looked at the porcelain statue carefully. Then, Xiao Fan whispered to Uncle Li Xiong: "Uncle, let's take this piece of porcelain."
"Ah?" Li Xiong was also shocked and whispered: "Xiaofan, you, you are not mistaken."
"This Qing Dynasty porcelain is in very poor quality."
Xiao Fan whispered: "Uncle, believe me, we will make a fortune this time."
oh?
"Okay." Uncle Li Xiong still believed in Xiao Fan and said in the silence: "Well, I will pay 10,000 yuan."
Ah?
Everyone was drinking tea and looking forward to the next auction item. They didn't expect that some of them would actually buy this kind of thing?
Isn't it?
Buying such low-level stuff?
Doesn’t this bring shame to our circle?
Everyone looked around and found that it was actually the chairman of the Li Group: Li Xiong.
"Ah?"
"Lao Li, why did you buy this kind of porcelain?"
"Yes, this level is too low."
"Give it to me, I won't even play."
"yes."
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Li Xiong was slightly embarrassed, but still said: "I will pay 10,000."
"Okay, okay." Xu Wenxuan thought the auction was going to fail this time, but someone actually made a bid?
"Okay, this auction item, a porcelain statue of Guanyin as a gift from the Qing Dynasty, belongs to: Mr. Li of the Li Group!"
Everyone shook their heads, wondering why Li Xiong was so crazy.
But at this moment, an accident happened.
Just listen to a strong voice, loudly sarcastic: "Haha."
oh?
"Mr. Li, you are actually playing something of this level now?"
"hehe."
"Isn't your Li Group about to go bankrupt?"
"Even if you give me this kind of tattered thing for free, I, Old Wu, don't want it."
"Hahaha." The man's laughter was very arrogant.
who?
It's Mr. Wu whom I just mentioned! It’s that guy with hair loss and baldness! I saw the guy wearing a wig playing with the [Blue and White Dragon Pattern Porcelain Vase] that was auctioned at a high price. He looked at Li Xiong with contempt and said, "I haven't seen you for a while, and Mr. Li actually plays with such low-level things?"
"hehe."
"Aren't you embarrassed?"
"People who play this kind of thing don't deserve to be in our circle."
"You," Li Xiong was angry. With my money, I can buy whatever I want. However, the things he bought this time were indeed of low quality. Therefore, his face turned red and he didn't know how to refute for a while.
crucial moment.
Xiao Fan, who had embarrassed Uncle Li Xiong, took action!
"Haha." Xiao Fan glanced at the bald Mr. Wu, sneered, and went up to the stage to pick up the porcelain statue of Guanyin. Because it is a small auction, there are not so many rules. Just pay and deliver. Uncle Li Xiong swiped the card, and Xiao Fan could get things on the spot.
Xiao Fan picked up the Qing Dynasty porcelain statue with a surprised smile on his face.
Everyone discussed:
"Who is this?"
“Li Xiong’s son-in-law, I heard, is a doctor and he even treated [the provincial capital].”
"Bragging, you are so young and you have treated the provincial leader?"
"I think it's just bragging."
"Why didn't he say that he was treating important people in the capital?"
"boast."
"Haha, playing with something of this caliber? It's really embarrassing for our circle."
"Yes, the quality of this porcelain statue is also very poor."
"I won't come to the auction if something of this quality appears again," someone said loudly.
"that is."
"Playing with this kind of porcelain is not embarrassing enough."
"Give it to me for free, I don't even want it."
"Look, Li Xiong, the son-in-law, has a surprised smile on his face."
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But at this moment, an accident happened.
With a surprised smile on his face, Xiao Fan took the porcelain and looked through it with joy. It seemed to be a treasure.
Everyone:
"I haven't seen anything good before."
"I heard that this man is going to marry Li Xiong's daughter. He should be looking for a lucky break."
"Oh, that's it."
"I'm getting married, so I want a porcelain statue of Guanyin as a gift."
"It makes sense."
"Um."
"It's just that the level is too low. People in our circle don't play this kind of thing."
But at this moment, Xiao Fan's hand seemed to be unsteady, and the result: click! The porcelain statue of Avalokitesvara fell to the ground and immediately fell into pieces.
"Hahaha." The bald [Mr. Wu] burst into laughter and said, "Haha."
"Things of this level really don't belong in our circle."
"If it breaks, it would be nice to hear some noise."
"that is."
"Too low grade."
"Playing with this kind of porcelain? Isn't it embarrassing enough?"
"After all, it's only 10,000 yuan, let's hear the noise."
"That's it... ah? What's in there?! Oh my God!"
"What's wrong?"
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At this time, everyone stepped forward one after another and saw that there was a small porcelain statue among the broken porcelain!
Large porcelain, set within small porcelain.
Ah?
This Qing Dynasty Guanyin Guanyin is about 30 centimeters tall and is suitable for display at home. Li Xiong also believed that Xiao Fan wanted to buy it back to get some luck. After all, Xiao Fan and Li Yiyi are getting married. Uncle Li Xiong's biggest wish now is to have a fat grandson after they get married, so that he can show off in front of his old friends.
Young people don’t understand the thoughts of the elderly [showing off their babies].
"Well, send your son to Guanyin, send your son to Guanyin, and bless Yiyi to give birth to a big fat boy." Li Xiong comforted her like this.
But at this moment, Xiao Fan couldn't hold it steady, and with a click, the Qing Dynasty Guanyin Guanyin fell to the ground, and the outside was shattered immediately, revealing the inside:
Another child-giving Guanyin!
Ah?
"Porcelain matryoshka doll?"
"How is this going?"
"This this?"
Everyone was stunned. They shouted and leaned over, and saw Xiao Fan with a proud look on his face. He picked up a small Guanyin of more than ten centimeters from the porcelain fragments. This second porcelain is completely different from the first one. The glaze color is as brilliant as jade, and the shape is full and lifelike.
Even ordinary people can tell immediately: this is fine porcelain.
"Let me take a look." Xu Wenxuan was stunned. He rushed up with a strong stride, gently picked up the porcelain from Xiao Fan's hand, and saw four big characters on the bottom of the porcelain:
[Yongle Year System]!
The font is simple, vigorous and powerful, not the current computer font. If you look carefully, you will see that the whole porcelain is natural, with beautiful shape and simple patterns, as if it were carved from jade! Everyone was completely stunned by this scene. They stared blankly at the second Guanyin giving birth to children, and they were silent for a while.
A large porcelain is nestled within a small porcelain.
